Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/stochasticforcing.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/stochasticforcing.py	(revision 26643)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/stochasticforcing.py	(revision 26644)
@@ -62,20 +62,21 @@
         structstoch   = self.structstochforcing()
         for field in self.fields:
+            ### Checks are temporarily commented out: need to debug why this does not work (18Nov2021) ###
             if 'SMB' in field:
                 mdname = structstoch['mdnames'][structstoch['fields']==field]
-                if (type(md.smb) != mdname):
-                    raise TypeError('md.smb does not agree with stochasticforcing field {}'.format(field))
+                #if (type(md.smb) != mdname):
+                #    raise TypeError('md.smb does not agree with stochasticforcing field {}'.format(field))
             if 'FrontalForcings' in field:
                 mdname = structstoch['mdnames'][structstoch['fields']==field]
-                if (type(md.frontalforcings) != mdname):
-                    raise TypeError('md.frontalforcings does not agree with stochasticforcing field {}'.format(field))
+                #if (type(md.frontalforcings) != mdname):
+                #    raise TypeError('md.frontalforcings does not agree with stochasticforcing field {}'.format(field))
             if 'Calving' in field:
                 mdname = structstoch['mdnames'][structstoch['fields']==field]
-                if (type(md.calving) != mdname):
-                    raise TypeError('md.calving does not agree with stochasticforcing field {}'.format(field))
+                #if (type(md.calving) != mdname):
+                #    raise TypeError('md.calving does not agree with stochasticforcing field {}'.format(field))
             if 'BasalforcingsFloatingice' in field:
                 mdname = structstoch['mdnames'][structstoch['fields']==field]
-                if (type(md.basalforcings) != mdname):
-                    raise TypeError('md.basalforcings does not agree with stochasticforcing field {}'.format(field))#Checking for specific dimensions
+                #if (type(md.basalforcings) != mdname):
+                #    raise TypeError('md.basalforcings does not agree with stochasticforcing field {}'.format(field))#Checking for specific dimensions
             if not (field == 'SMBautoregression' or field == 'FrontalForcingsRignotAutoregression'):
                 checkdefaults = True   #field with non-specific dimensionality